NRA President David Keene, will speak at GOP dinner

David Keene, president of the National Rifle Association and chairman of the American Conservative Union will be the keynote speaker at the Franklin County Republican Party’s annual Lincoln Day Dinner April 3 at Green Grove Gardens.

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Waynesboro Record Herald - Waynesboro, PA

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Posted Feb. 21, 2013 at 12:00 PM

Posted Feb. 21, 2013 at 12:00 PM

SHADY GROVE — David Keene, president of the National Rifle Association and chairman of the American Conservative Union will be the keynote speaker at the Franklin County Republican Party’s annual Lincoln Day Dinner April 3 at Green Grove Gardens.

Other local, state and national speakers have been invited to the dinner.

His resume

Keene has been president of the NRA since 2011 and chairman of the ACU since 1984.

The NRA is the nation’s leading proponent of Second Amendment rights and the ACU is the nation’s oldest and largest conservative lobbying organization and the sponsor of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, the nation’s largest gathering of conservatives, according to a press release from Dwight Weidman, chairman of the county Republicans.

Keene attended the University of Wisconsin Law School and has been a John F. Kennedy Fellow at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics, a First Amendment Fellow at Vanderbilt University’s Freedom Forum and a member of the board of visitors at Duke University’s Public Policy School.

Keene’s involvement in presidential politics extends back to the Nixon administration, when he served as a special assistant to Vice President Spiro Agnew.

His Capitol Hill experience includes roles as executive assistant to New York Sen. Jim Buckley; southern regional political director for Ronald Reagan’s 1976 presidential campaign; national political director for George Bush’s 1980 presidential race; senior adviser to former Sen. Bob Dole in 1988; and adviser to Dole’s presidential campaign in 1996.

Keene is recognized as one of the chief spokesmen for conservative principles and politics, according to Weidman. He is regularly featured on a variety of radio, television and print media, and has written for publications such as National Review, the Washington Times and the Boston Globe. He is also a columnist for the Hill, a newspaper covering Congress.

Details

Ticket prices are $60 each for adult, including a one-year NRA membership, extension or gift membership or $100 for a VIP reception plus dinner and membership. For those younger than 18, tickets are $25 and do not include a membership.